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monkly

monkly adjective: like or befitting a monk.

Adjective

monkly (comparative more monkly, superlative most monkly)

  1. Like or befitting a monk.
    • monkly habits
    • monkly haircut
  2. Pertaining to monks; monastic.

Forms of monkly

comparativemore monkly
superlativemost monkly

Origin of monkly

From monk + -ly.

Words formed from monkly

Questions about monkly

What does monkly mean?
Monkly means like or befitting a monk.
What part of speech is monkly?
Monkly is an adjective.

Words near monkly in the dictionary

  1. Monkland and Stretford
  2. monkless
  3. monklet
  4. monklets
  5. monklike
  6. monkly
  7. Monkman
  8. Monkmania
  9. monks
  10. monks cress
  11. Monks Horton

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